Beck v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents

In Beck v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 75 F.3d 1130, 1137 (7th Cir.1996), the Court explained the ADA's requirements with respect to the interactive process: Once an employer knows of an employee's disability and the employee has requested reasonable accommodations, the ADA and its implementing regulations require that the parties engage in an interactive process to determine what precise accommodations are necessary.... Liability for failure to provide reasonable accommodations ensues only where the employer bears responsibility for the breakdown in the process. But where ... the employer does not obstruct the process, but instead makes reasonable efforts both to communicate with the employee and provide accommodations based on the information it possessed, ADA liability simply does not follow. Id.